“Love is God’s first word, the first thought that sailed through his mind. When he said: Let there by light! there was… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Men da tokayeren stod næsten urørt i glassene fik fru Julie champagne og frukt ind, druer, epler, fikener. Nei du store verden!… — Knut Hamsun Abundance Copy Share Image
...I will exile my thoughts if they think of you again, and I will rip my lips out if they say your… — Knut Hamsun Death Copy Share Image
“... den brystsyke herremand foretrak denne gamle sæterhytte. Her satte han sig på træstolen og fik melk av en bolle eller rømmekolle… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
Language must resound with all the harmonies of music. The writer must always, at all times, find the tremulous word which captures… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“When I got outside, I came to a standstill and said loudly in the open street, as I clenched my hands: ”I… — Knut Hamsun Lord god Copy Share Image
“Genius in the popular sense has become common. (...) Rather than admire the mediocre great men over whom passersby nudge each other… — Knut Hamsun Genius Copy Share Image
“What would it profit us, after all, even from a purely practical viewpoint, if we stripped life of all poetry, all dreams,… — Knut Hamsun Dreams Copy Share Image
“I imagined I had discovered a new word. I rise up in bed and say, "It is not in the language; I… — Knut Hamsun Language Copy Share Image
“I began running so as to punish myself, left street after street behind me, pushed myself on with inward jeers, and screeched… — Knut Hamsun Laughing At Myself Copy Share Image
“God had poked His finger down into my nerves and gently, almost without thinking, brought a little confusion among those threads. And… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Yesterday the sea was as smooth as a mirror; it is smooth as a mirror today. The island is having an Indian… — Knut Hamsun Indian summer Copy Share Image
“She came quickly over to me and held out her hand. I looked at her full of distrust. Was she doing this… — Knut Hamsun Tenderness Copy Share Image
“[Wergeland] slapp å bli en olding som satt og gjorde seg motbydelig for sine omgivelser ved sin elde. En gave var det… — Knut Hamsun Aging Copy Share Image
An increasing number of people who lead mental lives of great intensity, people who are sensitive by nature, notice the steadily more… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Det ligger en skog mellom sjøen og Benonis hus. Den er ikke Benonis skog, men en almenning, en stor blandingsskog av bartrær,… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
Do you know what constitutes a great poet? He is a person without shame, incapable of blushing. Ordinary fools have moments when… — Knut Hamsun Blushing Copy Share Image
“Bær kan man ikke leve av. Men det er hyggeig at de står der i marken og er venlige for øiet. Og… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“And looking at animals in cages doesn't interest me in general. They know we are standing there looking at them–they sense the… — Knut Hamsun Animal Copy Share Image
“Daniel var en mand som forstod adskillig, han hadde været ute for et og andet i livet, hadde mistet både sin farsgård… — Knut Hamsun Daniel Copy Share Image
“...folk drak brus med sprit i og åt smørogbrød med røkelaks og svinerul og bringebærsyltetøi på, og de hadde jo hørt så… — Knut Hamsun Food Copy Share Image
“Om morgningen gik hun ikke igjen og hele dagen gik hun heller ikke igjen, men var til nytte og mælket gjeiterne og… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
Earth and sea merged, the sea tossed itself in the air in a fantastic dance, into the shapes of men and horses… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“De hadde hat mangfoldige ting sammen og fåt nogen fyldige barndomsår opover. De var begge like gode om det da de stjal… — Knut Hamsun First love Copy Share Image
“Edevart var alene mand om alt om bord og på land... han skulde nok ha hat nogen til å koke mat for… — Knut Hamsun Food Copy Share Image
The other one he loved like a slave, like a madman and like a beggar. Why? Ask the dust on the road… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
Were I more conversant with literature and its great names, I could go on quoting them ad infinitum and acknowledge my debt… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“I had noticed very clearly that every time I went hungry a little too long it was as though my brains simply… — Knut Hamsun Brains Copy Share Image
Great men are excellent topics of conversation, but the superior man, the superior men, the masters, the universal spirits on horseback, have… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“What does the world know? Nothing! You simply get used to something, you accept it and acknowledge it, because your teacher has… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Duga, duga staza preko močvari u šumu, – ko ju je ugazio? Muškarac, čovek, prvi koji se našao tu. Za njega još… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
And the great spirit of darkness spread a shroud over me...everything was silent-everything. But upon the heights soughed the everlasting song, the… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“I have no respect to merchants and preachers; as far as I’m concerned, their only talent is coming up with the right… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“The poet must always, in every instance, have the vibrant word... that by it's trenchancy can so wound my soul that it… — Knut Hamsun Books Copy Share Image
“Some flies and gnats were sitting on my paper and this disturbed me; I breathed on them to make them go, then… — Knut Hamsun Animals Copy Share Image
“..en av os bondestudenter som er blit skadet indvortes ved å bli overflyttet til fremmed jord og atmosfære, han er en liten… — Knut Hamsun Childishness Copy Share Image
“I lie and repeat these words over to myself, and find that they are capital. Little by little others come and fit… — Knut Hamsun Language Copy Share Image
![“I imagined I had discovered a new word. I rise up in bed and say, "It is not in the language; I have discovered it. 'Kuboa.' It has letters as a word has. By the benign God, Man you have discovered a word!... 'Kuboa' ... a word of profound import. [...] Some minutes pass over, and I wax nervous…” quote by Knut Hamsun](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/bd0/knut-hamsun-1203_language_i-imagined-i-had-discovered-a-new-word-i_170312.png)
![“[Wergeland] slapp å bli en olding som satt og gjorde seg motbydelig for sine omgivelser ved sin elde. En gave var det til ham fra gudene, en nåde var det mot ham av gudene. Og heller ikke gled han nedover til den slappelse i sin produksjon som kanskje ville føre til en St. Olav eller en annen fin…” quote by Knut Hamsun](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/778/knut-hamsun-1203_aging_wergeland-slapp-bli-en-olding-som-satt-o_724670.png)
